...and then he woke up!
it wasn't a game anymore !
he lit a cigarette, poured a drink, sat back and decided it was time to introduce it to the world.
and so it came to pass...
"brassneck" - the furtherance of popular music.
Ben Owens - vocals, guitar
Kat Milner - vocals, violin
Sid Stovold - guitar
Neil Smith - bass, vocals
Mark Darrah - drums
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photos
Live
at The Oakford Social Club, Reading 07/09/08
(Pics by Adam Reading)
Live
acoustic at Propaganda, Fleet, 31/08/08
(Pics by Tom O'Donoghue)
Live at The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth 20/08/08
Set
1 Set
2 (Pics by K
Squared)
Windsor
Golden Egg Festival acoustic set 13/07/08
(Pics by #1
fan Marion!)
Live and promo shots by LMI Photography:
Live at The Tumbledown Dick, Farnborough 16/01/08
gigs/events
Here is a summary of upcoming gigs. For full details visit our MySpace events page.
Funky End (Acoustic Set), Aldershot
Sun, August 08 @ 8:00 PM
Dukestock @ Duke Of Cumberland, Fernhurst
Sun, August 22 @ 12:00 PM
Wokingham Food And Drink Festival, Wokingham, Berkshire
Sat, August 28 @ 12:00 PM
Old Kiln Stage @ Weyfest, Tilford,
Sat, September 04 @ 12:00 PM
Big Untidy Night Out @ Rising Sun Arts Centre (Acoustic Set), Reading,
Fri, September 10 @ 8:00 PM
Goring Unplugged @ Village Hall (Acoustic Set), Goring-on-thames,
Fri, September 24 @ 8:00 PM
New Inn, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Sat, October 02 @ 8:00 PM
Phatz Bar, Maidenhead,
Thu, October 07 @ 8:00 PM
Bakers Arms, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Sat, October 09 @ 8:00 PM
Good Intentions @ The Good Intent (Acoustic Set), Puttenham,
Mon, October 11 @ 8:00 PM
news/blog
mark's tour diary - basingstoke - 09/07/10
Well, its a Friday night and "Brassneck" are playing a birthday party, which is a first. It's Mark Strattons' 40th. Blimey, I didn't think there was another ba...
ben's tour diary - crondall - 24/06/10
It's a running joke in "Brassneck" as to how we share out the ladies. (obviously this 'sharing' only occurs in our minds since none of us ever get the chance to en...
tour diary - farnborough - 05/06/10
So, after the success of our debut 'Farleigh Wallop Social Club' event we decide to do it again. But we have to move ven...
tour diary - weybridge / crondall - 31/05/10
2 gigs in 1 day I hear you cry ? Yes, that's how rock 'n' roll we are. Kinda.Ben arrives to pick Sid up and has...
sid's tour diary - farnham - 29/05/10
It’s started raining. It’s started raining really hard. It’s ‘The Curse Of Brassneck’. We played the lovely ‘Secret Garden Festival’ (now re-n...
sid's tour diary - reading - 27/05/10
We’re travelling light tonight. When Mark arrives to pick me up (after I’ve sent him a friendly text to remind him not to forget that we have a gig tonight ;-) )...
sid and ben's tour diary - hindhead - 21/05/10
[SID]It's just me and Ben tonight. We're playing a new place that Vic is doing his 'Vic's Buskers' open mic night at. We like trying out the new venue...
mark's tour diary - basingstoke - 19/05/10
Sid’s ringing me? Wonder what’s up? Shit, maybe it’s the fact I was supposed to pick him up 40 minutes ago and be in Basingstoke for a gig at the 'Tonic' bar tonight!...
kat's tour diary - brighton - 15/05/10
Brighton tonight. Bag of clothes and all my gear were packed in my car when I left for work at 6am. Bag of clothes collected from car at 6pm to change. I appear ...
sid and ben's tour diary - wokingham - 12/05/10
[SID]"Mr EMI will definitely be here tonight yeah ?" jokes Ben on the way over. It's a running joke that we've had for a while about some of the more biza...